[Bob Ireland]

Let me refer you to this post of mine yesterday [and previously]:
as I said a week or so ago: IF - when Blumenthal called for adjournment of the committee during the hearings circus - Grassley had asked him to confirm his motion, and Blumenthal had affirmed same, Grassley could have called for a vote right then followed by adjournment of the hearings. The Dems would have demanded it! ...and gotten their way (arguably).

Such a ploy might have required a bit of bending of the rules, but WHO is bending the rules now in this proceeding? Grassley could have had the public gallery cleared in order to restore order in the hearings; he could have required that all visitors to the gallery carry invitations from committee members, thus all disruptors, when removed, would carry evidence of what committee members put them up to such rotten tactics. Can anyone on our side ever play hard ball in return?

[ichabod1]

You have to remember, Bob, they aren’t really on “our side”. That’s what we learned in 2010, 2012, and 2014. Perhaps they will be more on our side in the next session. Infuriating!

[TEXOKIE]

I’ve been wondering why the room wasn’t cleared. Thought provoking.